If you follow me on Facebook, many of you noticed I was a bit stressed over roasting baby potatoes for 70 last week for Marin County Farm Bureau's V.I.P. Luncheon. Sweatin' bullets actually. But when friends and farmers come together, there's all sorts of help.....I should know this by now.
The V.I.P. lunch was held at the Pomi Ranch, a.k.a. Deer Camp. My first job of the day was to get these potatoes going. After board member, Nicola, washed all 40 pounds of them, Mark Pomi, had a plan for success; boil them first to soften them up. After that was completed, he and neighbor, Alan Cooper halved them as I layered them all in a gigantic roasting pan with all the goodies. We used olive oil, kosher salt, garlic, pepper and fresh rosemary sprigs from my garden. Pop them in the oven for a while and that was it!
